Best players to compete at AFF U-19 Youth Championship
Best players to compete at AFF U-19 Youth ChampionshipCoach Hoang Anh Tuan has made a plan calling the best players to participate in the annual ASEAN Football Federation (AFF) U-19 Youth Championship to be held in Indonesia from July 1-15, looking towards the final round. As planned, after gathering at the Vietnam Youth Football Training Centre in Hanoi, Vietnamese players will have health check-ups on May 16. Before leaving for Indonesia, Vietnamese footballers will join a training course in China from June 15-25. At the AFF U-19 2018, Vietnam will play in Group A with Thailand, Singapore, Laos, the Philippines, and host Indonesia. Earlier, Vietnamese players took part in the Suwon JS Cup 2018 in the Republic of Korea on April 18-22 in preparation for the AFF U-19 Youth Championship.-VNA
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May 15, 2018 13:41 UTC
Tension in Gaza as Palestinians begin to bury 58 dead
Tension in Gaza as Palestinians begin to bury 58 deadFunerals are being held in Gaza for 58 people killed on Monday when Israeli troops opened fire on Palestinian protesters, in the deadliest day of violence there since a war in 2014. The burials coincide with the 70th anniversary of what Palestinians call the Nakba - a mass displacement of Palestinians after Israel's creation. Monday's violence came as the US inaugurated its first embassy in Jerusalem, a controversial move that broke with decades of US policy and incensed Palestinians. Palestinian officials said that, as well as those killed, about 2,700 people were injured in Monday's violence - which they condemned as a massacre. The relocation breaks with decades of US policy and has incensed Palestinians and other nations, who say it violates international law.
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May 15, 2018 10:07 UTC
Door to world market opens for Vietnam’s rice exporters
Door to world market opens for Vietnam’s rice exportersVietNamNet Bridge - After winning bids to sell rice to Indonesia and the Philippines, Vietnamese exporters are attending a bid to sell rice to South Korea and preparing for another contract with the Philippines. The door to world market opens for Vietnamese rice exportersPham Thai Binh, director of Trung An Hi-tech Agriculture JSC, said in Thoi Bao Kinh Te Sai Gon newspaper that his company and other exporters had offered to sell rice to South Korea. Thanh Nien newspaper commented that Vietnam’s export markets have expanded, which means less heavy reliance on China as the major export market. In the domestic market, rice merchants in Ba Dac wholesale Market in Tien Giang province said the rice price rose after Vietnam won the bid to sell rice to the Philippines on May 4. RELATED NEWSVietnamese prefer Thailand’s expensive rice to Vietnam’s cheap riceAuspicious start to Vietnamese rice export in 2018Kim Chi
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May 15, 2018 09:11 UTC
Vietnam’s tennis ace achieves career-best ATP ranking
Vietnam’s tennis ace achieves career-best ATP rankingVietnam’s no. 1 tennis player, Ly Hoang Nam, leapt 29 notches to 433rd position in the latest men’s world rankings as announced by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) on May 14. Ly Hoang Nam (left) and Nguyen Van Phuong win the doubles title at the recent Vietnam F2 Futures tournament. It is a career-best ATP rating for Nam, and also the highest world ranking ever reached by a Vietnamese player. By qualifying for the final match of the recent Vietnam F1 Futures tournament, 21-year-old Nam added ten points to his ATP accumulation.
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May 15, 2018 09:11 UTC
Classes preserve Cong ethnic minority’s folk art
Classes preserve Cong ethnic minority’s folk artThe Cong ethnic group in Muong Te district, the northern mountainous province of Lai Chau, is one of the most disadvantaged ethnic minorities in Vietnam, but the group boasts a diverse cultural life with traditional values. Ly Thi Giong, among six artisans in Nam Khao commune, is considered a living treasure in helping preserve the traditional folk art of the Cong ethnic minority, especially for younger generations. “Every day, I call young girls to practice dances in a hope to stop Cong cultural identity from falling into oblivion,” said Giong. The traditional cultural values of ethnic minorities are precious heritages, contributing to a diverse but united Vietnamese culture. Given that, upholding and promoting traditional cultural values of ethnic minorities is an urgent mission.
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May 15, 2018 09:11 UTC
Tougher fines for animal, fishery products’ violations
Tougher fines for animal, fishery products’ violationsVietNamNet Bridge – The Government has issued a new decree regulating the fines imposed for violations in the livestock breeds, feed and fishery products sectors. A pig slaughtering house in Ben Cat Town, southern Binh Duong Province committed violations in using banned substances in 2016. In the new decree, these will increase to VND50 million - VND100 million on the use of banned substances on animals and fishery products, depending on the products’ values. The violating individuals or organisations will be forced to dispose the banned substances or feed and products containing banned substances. Besides violations in using banned substances, the violations stated in the decree include the use of anti-biotic in livestock breeds and fishery products; and management and preservation of livestock’s genes, among others.
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May 15, 2018 09:11 UTC
British historian to deliver talk on Hue City
British historian to deliver talk on Hue CityVietNamNet Bridge – British historian Tim Doling will deliver a talk on Nguyen Dynasty and its architectural heritage in HCM City on May 17. — Photo traveltimes.vnThe talk will mark the release of Doling’s book, Exploring Hue. Doling will explain why Hue City was chosen as the imperial citadel four times among nine succeeding imperial moves throughout the Nguyen dynasty (1802-1945). He will also talk about the Chinese community in Hue and the Buddhist institutions here as well as the various kinds of architecture in the city and its vicinity. The talk will begin at 6pm at Salon Saigon, 6D, Ngo Thoi Nhiem Street, District 3, HCM City.
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May 15, 2018 08:22 UTC
Film on Mother Goddesses open for public viewing
Film on Mother Goddesses open for public viewingVietNamNet Bridge – A 108-episode film on the worship of Mother Goddesses will be showcased to the public this month. An art performance presented at the debut of the film Vietnamese Mothers on Saturday. — Photo courtesy of the organiserTitled Me Viet (Vietnamese Mothers), the first film about the traditional practice of goddess worship made its debut in Hanoi on Saturday. The worship of the Mother Goddess is a traditional practice in Vietnam with a long history and has stood the test of social changes. The belief in the worship of the Mother Goddesses by the Vietnamese was recognised by UNESCO as an intangible cultural heritage of humanity in 2016.
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May 15, 2018 08:22 UTC
Hanoi railway attracts foreign visitors
The railway route which starts from Hang Co Station in Hanoi was built by the French more than 100 years ago to transport passengers and goods to the northern mountainous province of Lao Cai. The life of households alongside the railway has appeared many times in foreign newspapers, so, many foreigners come there when they visit Hanoi. The railway area has attracted dozens of foreign travellers every day. Local households are just two metres from the railway. Water and vegetable stalls also operate along the two sides of the railway sectionVisitors wear traditional Ao Dai outfits to take photos with the railwayThe section belongs to Hanoi-Lao Cai railway route which serves four trains daily at night and early morning.
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May 15, 2018 06:45 UTC
Online tourism businesses thrive in Vietnam
Online tourism businesses thrive in VietnamVietNamNet Bridge - Many travel firms, after making heavy investments in online tourism, are earning increasingly high revenue. Online tourism has made a great contribution to the revenue growth of Saigontourist. The statistics shown at the 2018 Vietnam Online Tourism Forum (VOTF) showed that some tourism companies were gaining high growth rates even among stiff competition in the market because they can attract high numbers of tourists through online sales. Of this, Vietnam’s online tourism accounted for 10 percent, or $9 billion. RELATED NEWSForeign firms have biggest share of online tourism marketOnline tourism market called ‘new gold mine’, worth $9 billionMai Chi
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May 15, 2018 05:03 UTC
Fitch raises sovereign rating for Vietnam
Fitch raises sovereign rating for VietnamFitch Ratings has upgraded Vietnam's sovereign rating based on rising foreign-exchange reserves and strong economic growth. Most economic forecasts since early April said Vietnam’s GDP growth will be 6.5 percent or higher in 2018. Meanwhile, the World Bank (WB) on April 12 forecast Vietnam’s economic growth to stabilise around 6.5 percent in 2018. The International Monetary Fund (IMF) projected Vietnam’s economy to grow by 6.6 percent this year and 6.5 percent the following year in its report namely “World Economic Outlook, April 2018”. Vietnam’s economy enjoyed a strong economic expansion of 7.38 percent in the first quarter of this year, the best first-quarter performance in the last decade, according to the General Statistics Office of Vietnam.-VNA
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May 15, 2018 04:41 UTC
Vietnam to host Asia Pacific IT Alliance Awards 2019
Vietnam to host Asia Pacific IT Alliance Awards 2019Vietnam will host the Asia Pacific IT Alliance (APICTA) Awards in 2019, said Minister of Information and Communication Truong Minh Tuan on May 14. At the working session between the Ministry of Information and Communication and a delegation from the APICTA. APICTA’s 16 member-economies include Australia, Bangladesh, Brunei, China, Hong Kong (China), Indonesia, Japan, Macao (China), Malaysia, Myanmar, Pakistan, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Taiwan (China) and Vietnam. The VINASA brought the best Vietnamese IT products and services to the APICTA awards two years ago. The APICTA 2018 awards will be held in China’s Guangzhou province in October.-VNA
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May 15, 2018 04:41 UTC
Vietnam invests in 34 overseas projects till April
Vietnam invests in 34 overseas projects till AprilVietnamese businesses invested US$129 million in 34 new overseas projects in the first four months of this year, statistics from the Ministry of Planning and Investment revealed. — Photo baodautu.vnDuring the reviewed period, the firms also added $24.6 million into existing projects abroad, according to the data. Finance and banking topped Viet Nam’s overseas investments with the total new and additional capital reaching $105 million, accounting for 68.3 per cent of total investment capital abroad. The flow of Vietnamese overseas investment is likely to increase more significantly in the time to come, said Dang Phuong Linh from the Viet Nam University of Commerce. Promoting investment and providing domestic firms with effective information about overseas investment should also be included, she said.
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May 15, 2018 04:41 UTC
BUSINESS IN BRIEF 15/5
Present at the ceremony included Japanese Ambassador to Viet Nam Umeda Kunio and representatives of the city local authorities. Commercial arbitration in Vietnam has been increasingly developed to become a useful tool for foreign investors in the country. Commercial arbitration and investment arbitration have been mostly preferred. Commercial arbitration is an effective tool in preserving capital inflows from legal risks in business investments. “Thus, more opportunities to enhance co-operation between Viet Nam and UAE are available.”When doing business with the region, enterprises must always keep a close eye on its unstable political situation, Hoa warned.
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May 15, 2018 04:07 UTC
Social News In Brief 15/5
To achieve this "position", social insurance policy itself and the implementation of social insurance policies must make appropriate adjustments to adapt to the real situation. First, it derives from the challenges facing each country, including the increasing pressure on the budget and the social insurance fund, as well as an aging population, and low social insurance coverage, among others. In particular, after the country's Doi Moi (reform) policy, Vietnam implemented important reforms in its social insurance policy in 1995, such as establishing a system of agencies specialising in implementing social insurance policy at three levels; establishing a social insurance fund independent from the state budget which is formed on the contributions of both employers and employees; in addition to expanding the scope of subjects participating in compulsory social insurance and implementing voluntary social insurance; among others. Thanks to these important reforms, the social insurance fund has become the largest welfare fund; the organisational model of the social insurance system has promoted its effectiveness in policy implementation; and the number of employees participating in compulsory and voluntary social insurance has continuously increased (reaching 13.9 million people by the end of 2017, an increase of seven times compared to 1995). However, besides these important achievements, the implementation of social insurance in Vietnam also shows inadequacies, including the low coverage of social insurance; the social insurance system being designed in a single-stage manner with loose connections to other social policies; and compulsory social insurance also omits some groups of people with the demand and ability to participate in it.
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May 15, 2018 03:56 UTC